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LISTENING COMPREHENSION
LOOPHOLES IN THE GUN LAW
Student A

Before you Watch :

You are going to study a video entitled: Loopholes in th e Gun Law
Look at the picture and choose the best equivalent for the title of the video :

a- Pro-gun activists have found ways to legally sell guns in spite of the law.
b- Pro-gun activists have killed the politicians who voted for the gun laws.
c- Nobody can buy guns in the US anymore.
Explain the link between the title and the picture ?


Imagine you make a TV report on the topic.
d- Who would you interview?


e- What would their arguments be ?

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f- Now make a list of 10 words you may expect to hear in the recording.
 Now Watch .
GLOBAL COMPREHENSION Watch the whole document once and take notes .

Nature of document ? a documentary a movie trailer a news report a commercial

Source / origin :
How many speakers?

Who are they ( their role) ?

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Topic ?.

DETAILED COMPREHENSION Listen carefully to the heavily stressed words and take
notes . Note down words you understand and fill in the chart below.
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.The Situation in Colorado The laws

Pro-gun arguments Anti-gun arguments

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LOOPHOLES IN THE GUN LAW

Student B
Before you Watch :
You are going to study a video entitled: Loopholes in th e Gun Law
Look at the picture and choose the best equivalent for the title of the video :

g- Pro-gun activists have found ways to legally sell guns in spite of the law.
h- Pro-gun activists have killed the politicians who voted for the gun laws.
i- Nobody can buy guns in the US anymore.
Explain the link between the title and the picture ?


Imagine you make a TV report on the topic.
j- Who would you interview?


k- What would their arguments be ?

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l- Now make a list of 10 words you may expect to hear in the recording.
 Now Watch . GLOBAL COMPREHENSION Watch the whole document once and take
notes

Nature of document ? a documentary a movie trailer a news report a commercial

Source / origin :
How many speakers?

Who are they ( their role) ?

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Topic ?.

DETAILED COMPREHENSION
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. Focus on PART 1 ( 00:00 00: 37)
a- What places is this TV report set in ?
State :
City:
Exact location : outside .
b- Considering the picture, say how the inhabitants in this state are
represented and what their values are.
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c- What laws have just been passed ? Pick out the missing words :
A b on high-capacity a
m. , and tighter b
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d- Rephrase the content of this law in your own words.

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e- Pick out the adjective used by the journalist to qualify this new law.
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f- Considering your answer to Question b , explain why he uses this adjective
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 Focus on PART 2 : (00:38 - 1:37)
g- Are the two men in favour or against the new law ?

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h- Listen to the first man again and complete this sentence.
The problem is the , not the .

i- Rephrase the content of this law in your own words.

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j- Listen to the second man . Considering the words you recognize , explain what
his arguments are .

Our Constitutions Second Amendment guarantees

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People can have a bomb if . . If they pay
the taxes, then they have a right to .. .

k- Considering the flyers you saw on the video, explain what they intend to do?

Focus on PART 3 : (1:38 2:11 :)

l- Who does this man represent ?

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m- Pick out details about his son (name, place, what happened to him)

n- Complete his sentence :

And then he was with the that was

, through one of those

o- Considering your answers above, explain what he campaigns for today and why.
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 Focus on PART 4 : (2:12- 2:35)
p- Pick out the 3 colours and the 2 political parties mentioned. ?

Colours : ..
Parties : ..

q- Explain the image used by the journalist

A r state : When the majority is ..

A b state : When the majority is ..
A p state : a state where
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r- Considering your answer above, explain why what happens in Colorado is
particularly interesting for the whole country.
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Making use of your notes, explain what has happened in Colorado.

Develop the pro-gun and the anti-gun arguments.

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Explain why the situation in Colorado is particularly interesting.

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 Making use of your notes, explain what has happened in Colorado.

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Develop the pro-gun and the anti-gun arguments.

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Explain why the situation in Colorado is particularly interesting.

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NOUNS : background checks : vrifications / bill : article de loi / law : loi / harm : mal/douleur
/ a loophole : un chappatoire / ammunition magazine : chargeur / reminder : rappel /
tool : outil / trainers : baskets

VERB : to digest : digrer / to infringe : enfreindre / to purchase : acheter / to require:

avoir besoin exiger - requrir / to inflict : infliger / to harm : faire du mal

ADJECTIVE : costly : onreux cher / scarred : meurtri

/ striking : surprenant

EXP : for the sake of : pour lamour de / nationwide : dans tout le pays